Collapsible horse-stall.



. No. 718,840.l PATENTED JAN. 2D, 1903.

A. HERSCHMANN. GOLLAPSIBLE HORSE SVTALL.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. z, 1902.

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A. HBRSGHMANN. GOLLAPSIBLE HORSE STALL.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1902.

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COLLAPSIBLE HORSE-ISTALL.

.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,840, dated January 20, 1903.

Application filed September 2, 1902. Serial No. 121,758. (No model.)

T @ZZ wtom t may concern:

Be it known vthat I, ARTHUR HERSCHMANN, a subject of the Emperorof Austria-Hungary, residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Horse-Stalls, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the drawings which ac- Io company and form part of the same.

My invention is an improvement in knockdown stalls, particularly applicable to railway-cars, the object being to divide the interior of the car'into a number of stalls for the I5 reception of horses and cattle, and the arrangement being such that the stalls can be taken down and stored away or used in other cars.

The invention consists in the combination 2o and arrangement of parts which I shall now describe.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l shows in perspective a portion of a railwaycar or other` suitable structure broken away and equipped with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a cross-section of Fig. 1. Figs. 4L and 5 are details, and Fig. 6 is a detail showing the modification.

A is a box-car or other suitable structure 3o along two opposite inner walls of the car. Fixed at a suitable height from the iioo'r are beams B. These beams are provided on their upper sides with a series of notches or insets b and on their lower sides with a second set of notches 19. On the iioor of the inclosure and at right angles to the length of bar B, I afx two profile or angle irons C, in front and partly beneath beneath which are grooves D,

running lengthwise of the channelirons.

These parallel irons O are separated by a distance equal to the desired length of the stall.

For the ends of the stall I construct pieces E,

made of wood or other suitable material and provided at their lower edges with pins e at intervals, which lit into holes or sockets e/ in the channel-irons C. These pins e are affixed to the end boards E in any suitable way. For example, they may be upset upon or otherwise attached to metal straps F, riveted to the 5o lower portions of the end boards E.

The upper edges of the end boards E are provided with a series of loops or hooks G,

through which are inserted bars of steel or other suitable material H, which serve to assist in supporting the end boards E. These bars H are preferably slightly cambered, as shown in Fig. l, and are so shaped as to fit into the notches b in the beams or bars B. The length of the supports H is such that when they are placed in position they fit 6o against the sides of the car, the effect being to hold them and their attached parts firmly in place. To further this, I may places wedges I between the bars H and the upper edges of the end pieces E, preferably Within the straps G, the wedges I acting to press the boards E down and the cambered bars H` against the under side of the Xed beams B.

Near the upper edges of the end boards E,

I make a series of pairs of holes .l J, the pur- 7o pose of which I shall explain.

At right angles to the end boards E, I place partitions'K,which form the sides of the stalls. These partitions K are provided at their ends with hooks or ngers L, preferably made of resilient steel. If desired, a steel strip L may be made to run lengthwise 0f the partition K, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the ends of the strip being curved downwardly and bent cutwardly at their tips, as shown more particu- 8o larly in Figs. 2 and 5. The hooks so formed are inserted in the grooves I) and beneath the angle-irons C, thereby acting as claws to hold the partitions in place. If desired, the partitions may have these claws L on both sides, as shown in Fig. 3. When putting the partitions into place, the claws L are sprung back, as illustrated in the dotted lines at the right hand of Fig. 2, while the partition is being placed, and when released the claws L 9o spring into the position shown in full'lines in Fig. 2, their ends clamping against angleirons C.

The partitions K are provided on their upper edges with one or more hooks or loops M, by which the partitions are hung upon or attached to a crossbar N. This bar N, like the bars H,- is preferably made with a slight camber, and its ends fit into the slots h, formed in the sidebeams B, the arrangement being roo such that when the parts are in position the bar N is bowed in the opposite direction to the bend in the bars H, as shown particularly in Fig. 1. Between the loops M and the bar departing from my invention.

N, I may provide Wedges O, which assist in holding the respective parts in their proper relative positions. If desired, pins or clamps P may be provided upon the wedges O, the ends of the clamps P fitting into holes provided for that purpose in the bars N.

The ends of the partitions K are provided, preferably near the top of the partition, with studs or hooks M. (See particularly Fig. 4.) These studs m are preferably placed on both sides of the partition and at each end, and they may consist, as shown, of the upset ends of metal strips M', attached to the partitions K, and which are curved at their middle portions, (see Figs. l and 2,) so as to form the loops or hangers M.

I attach the partitions K to the end boards E by inserting through the appropriate pair of holes J J a double-hooked metal loop R, the bent ends of Which engage with the hooks m of the partitions L. Wedges S may be used to force these hooks into iirm contact.

It will be apparentffrom the foregoing description that the entire structure may be taken down and put up when desired, the parts being all removable and detachable,save only the angle-irons C and the side beams B.

The Width of the stalls may be adjusted by sliding the partitions K more or less to either side and adjusting the hooks R into one or another of the sets of holes J and the hooks P into one or another of the holes Q.

Many modications may be made without Thus, as is shown in Fig. 6, the feet or claws L of the partitions K may be perforated, so that the pins e on the lower edge of the end boards E l ft into them, thereby assisting in holding the partitions K in a fixed position. It Will be appreciated that by bowing or bending the bar or bars N in one direction and the bars H in another and Wedging them so the entire structure is more firmly supported.

What I claim as my invention isl. The combination in a knockdown stall for cars and the like, of removable end boards and parti-tions, a floor plate or support common to both, adjustable connections between said end boards and said partitions, supporting-bars above said end boards and partitions, and adjustable connections between said supporting-bars and the end boards and partitions, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of an inclosure, a grooved or recessed floor provided with angle-irons extending along said grooves, end boards and partitions detachably secured to said angleirons, and adjustably attached to each other, supporting-bars for the end boards and partitions respectively cambered in opposite directions, detachable connections between said supporting-bars and said end boards and partitions, and Wedges for maintaining the ends ofthe supporting-bars in rm contact with the sides of the inclosure, substantially as and for the purposes described.

ARTHUR HERSCHMANN.

Witnesses:

FRED WERNER, B. E. REUBERG. 

